Plain text is fine with me, but long lines (one per paragraph) are=20
actually a usability advantage - because the user can reduce the window=20
size and the paragraphs wrap to the desired size. I personally like to=20
read 50-60 character lines, and hard-wrapping at 80 columns disallows=20
that possibility.  Quoting also works better (in Thunderbird at least).

I am surprised Olin doesn't agree after reading his recent post=20
regarding eeweb.com:

> I also now have to make my browser
> window wider to eliminate the horizontal scroll bar.  I hate that.  HTML
> should fit my window, not the other way around.  It's*my*  screen, not
> yours.


Joe



On 11/19/2010 3:45 PM, Peter Loron wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 15:44 -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
>> Joe Koberg wrote:
>>> By the way, is there ANY way to stop the list software from forcing
>>> line wrapping at 80 columns?
>> Simple, don't send long lines in the first place.
>>
>> Once again, if you want your message to be seen with the least disruptio=
n by
>> the most people, send it in PLAIN TEXT with lines not exceeding 80
>> characters.  This should be obvious to those on a technical list, but
>> apparently sometimes it needs to be repeated.
>>
>>
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> These days that's akin to saying "only send smoke signals". There's some
> value to plain text email, but limiting lines to 80 characters these
> days is just broken. The number of people reading (or doing anything)
> with email software that can't properly handle lines>  80 characters
> before a line ending is vanishingly small. This is mis-configured list
> software.
>
> -Pete
>
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